Jackie,
even after prophylactic surgery (oophrectomy) there is a residual risk,albeit small (1% ?) of developing Primary Peritoneal Cancer (PPC) which is cancer of the lining of the omentum, the sac which contains the abdominal organs.
It is treated the same way as Ovarian Cancer.
Rich, one of the things that make BRCA so insidious is early onset, it tends to be triple negative and lack the targeted therapies Her2 has,although they are touting great success with the PARP inhibitors. The other aspect is its inheritance pattern (autosomal dominant), each child having a 50% chance of inheriting the mutation, AND the myriad of other cancers these carriers (male and female) are at increased risk for (melanoma,pancreatic,esophageal,prostate etc.)
Here is the link to FORCE's page on risk % for both BRCA 1 & 2
http://www.facingourrisk.org/risk_ma...an_cancer.html
BECKY,I sent you a private message re: Dr Narod...
Warmly,Marcia